GENERAL NOTES:- ‘+ ALLSTRUCTURAL DRAWINGS SHALL BE READ IN CONIUNCTION WITH ARCHITECTURAL AND OTHER SERVICES DRAWINGS 2- ANY DSOREPANCY IN THE CONTRACT DOCUMENTS SHALL BE REFERRED TO THE ENGINEER FOR DECSION BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE WORK. THE STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS TAKE PRECEDANCE OVER THE SPECFFICATION. ' THE CONTRACTOR I REQUIRED TO VISIT THE SITE AND FULLY ACQUAINT HIMSELF WITH THE EXISTING SITE ‘CONDITIONS AND IN PARTICULAR THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES, LT AND HT CABLES, EXISTING ‘SERVICES OR OTHER ASPECTS LIABLE TO AFFECT CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW WORKS, ANY CLAIMS MADE BY ‘THECONTRACTOR ON THE GROUNDS OF LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF SITE CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED. «THE CONTMACTOR LL NGA 8 OHM PROFEDCEML EXGREER TO DA PROVIDE AND REMOVE ALL IECESGARY TEMPORARY WORKS VIHETHER SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED OR NOT, TO SUPPORT ADUACENT WORK! STRICTRESEIOATIN DONO PREVENT SISSDENGE O KRUTING RDS TEMPORARY WORKS SHALL DDEENO INCLUDE ANY MONITORING NEASURES REQUIRED TO AVOD DAMAGE TO EXISTING PROPERTIES AS WELL ASPRE-CONSTRUCTION CONDITION SURVEY TO DOCUMENT EXISTING CONDITIONS OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES. AL. NECESSARY SAFETY MEASURES INCLUDING SHIELDING, PROVIDING ADEQUATE BARRIERS AND SIGNS, SHALL BE TAKEN DURING THE WHOLE OPERATION, 6 SETTING OUT DNENSIONS AND SZES OF STRUCTURAL MENBERS SHALL NOT BE OBTANED BY SCALING THE STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS, 6 ANY SETTING-OUT DIMENSION SHOWN ON THE STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS SHALL BE VERIFIED ON SITE AND WITH ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL BE RESPONSBLE FOR VERIRCATION OF ALL DIMENSIONS. ‘T- WHERE EXCAVATION WORK IS TO BE CARRIED OUT THE EXACT LEVEL OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FOUNDATION ‘SHALL BE OBTAINED PRIOR TO EXCAVATION. UNDERPINNING AND SHORING OF THE STRUCTURE SHALL BE CARRIED (QUT AS NECESSARY AND ADJOINING STRUCTURE SHALL BE MANTAINED IN A STABLE AND SOUND CONDITION, {8 ADEQUATE TEMPORARY DRAINAGE SYSTEM INCLUDING DEWATERING SYSTEMS, DRAIN CHANNELS, SUMPS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO ENSURE. DRY SITE CONDITIONS AND THE STABILITY OF THE BASE OF THE EXCAVATION AT ALL TIMES, THE DESIGN OF SUCH DRAINS AND DISCHARGE POINTS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE ENGINEER. DESIGN INSTALLATION, OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF PROPER DEWATERING SYSTEM SHALL BE THE RESPONSBILITY ‘OF THE CONTRACTOR. A NETWORK OF TEMPORARY CUT-OFF DRAINS, INCLUDING SILT TRAPS AND WASH BAYS ‘SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE CONTRACTOR TO ADEQUATELY DRAIN THE SITE AND CONTROL MUDISILT FROM FLOWING INTO ADJOINING PREMISES. '9- DURING CONSTRUCTION THE STRUCTURE SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN A STABLE CONDITION. CONSTRUCTION ST ed HE EPG Ce STR TURE ALTE TM OF ROR EE OEY PLN 10- ALL WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIALS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CURRENT EDITIONS, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS, OF THE RELEVANT ACI STANDARDS (WHERE APPLICABLE) ‘REFER TO ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS FOR BRICK AND BLOCK WALL THICKNESSES WHERE NOT MENTIONED ON THESE ‘DRAWINGS AND FOR FALLS IN SLABS, EXTRA PACKINGS, WATER-PROOFING MEMBRANES, CONTRACTION JOINT FILLING NATERILS AND ALL ARCHTECTURAL FEATURES SUCH AS DRIP GROVES, POUR BREAKS IN OFF-FORM CONCRETE, FILETS, ETC.FOOTINGS: 1+ ALL FOOTING EXCAVATIONS SHALL BE CLEANED OF LOOSE MATERIAL AND WATER. 2. ALL FOUNDATION MATERIAL SHALL BE INSPECTED BY THE ENGINEER BEFORE ANY CONCRETE IS PLACED. '3- WHERE VERIFIED FOUNDATION MATERIAL IS FOUND LOWER THAN THE UNDERSIDE OF FOOTINGS AS DETAILED, BBACKFILL THE SPACE BETWEEN FOUNDING MATERIAL AND FOOTING SOFFIT WITH LEAN CONCRETE. 4- ALL WALLS AND COLUMNS SHALL BE CONCENTRIC WITH SUPPORTING FOOTINGS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED ‘ON THE DRAWINGS, ‘5 UNLESS APPROVED BY THE CONSULTING ENGINEER, EXCAVATIONS SHALL NOT EXTEND BELOW A LINE DIPPING AT45 DEGREES AND AWAY FROM THE NEAREST UNDERSIDE CORNER OF ANY FOOTINGS. ‘6 SOIL BEARING CAPACITY OF SOIL TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE CONTRACTING FORDESIGN OF FOUNDATION. CONCRETE:- ‘14- PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF ANY LEVEL, THE CONTRACTOR IS TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL DEPICTING LOCATION OF ‘CONSTRUCTION JOINTS AND SEQUENCE OF CONSTRUCTION TO SUIT THEIR CONCRETING PROGRAMME TO THE ENGINEER FOR APPROVAL. 2. CONSTRUCTION JOINTS OR POUR BREAKS, WHERE NOT SHOWN ON PLANS OR DETAILS, SHALL BE LOCATED AND FORMED TO THE APPROVAL OF THE ENGINEER, ‘3 WATERSTOPS SHALL BE PROVIDED AT ALL CONSTRUCTION JOINTS OF WALLS OR SLABS EXPOSED TO THE. ‘THE GROUND, WEATHER OR WATER, SUCH AS RETAINING WALLS, OPEN AREAS AND MECHANICAL FLOORS ETC. WHETHER SHOWN ON DRAWINGS ORNOT. +4 NOPENETRATIONS, RECESSES OR CHASES OTHER THAN THOSE SHON ON THE STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS ‘SHALL BE MADE IN CONCRETE NENBERS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE ENGINEER, 5 ALL OPENINGS FOR PPING AND CONVEYANCE SHALL BE FORMED IN POSTION BEFORE CASTING CONCRETE. 6 UNLESS SPECIFED OTHERWSE ALL RENFORCED CONCRETE FOR COLLIN SHALL HAVE A MINDUUM CYLNDER STRENGTH ‘AT 28DAYS AS 730 pe FORALL OTHER STRUCTURE AS D0 psi AND LEAN CONCRETE 150 ps (4. MNMUM CEMENT CONTENT IN CONCRETE MUST BE 54 sy OR33S ign (3- COLUMN WITH RETANING WALL WILL HAVE NINMUM CYLINDER STRENGTH SAME AS OF RETANING WALL ATH IN RETAING WALL ONLY CONCRETE SHALL BE CONSOLIDATED BY VIBRATION, CURING OF ALL CONCRETE SURFACES SHALL BE DONE -ASPER SPECIFICATIONS, ' SAVPLNNG AND TESTING CONCRETE SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACIS18 (LATEST EDITION) UNLESS NOTED OTHERNSE. 4 BRCK WORK SHALL NOT BE ERECTED ON CONCRETE SLABS OR BEAMS UNTIL FORMWORK SUPPORTING THE ‘SAVE HAS BEEN REMOVED. ‘0-SIZES OF CONCRETE ELEMENTS DO NOT INCLUDE THICKNESS OF APPLD FINSHES, $1 BOER WTTENAFTER TH ND DE SUB THOSE MERE SUIS PACED NTESRALY WOH THE‘2-ABOND BREAKING MATERIAL IS TO BE PLACED BETWEEN SURFACES IN CONTACT AT PERMANENT JOINTS UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE. ‘15-NO PENETRATIONS, RECESSES OR CHASES OTHER THAN THOSE SHOWN ON THE STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS ‘SHALL BE MADE IN CONCRETE MEMBERS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSULTING ENGINEER. “14-ALL OPENINGS FOR PIPING AND CONVEYANCE SHALL BE FORMED IN POSITION BEFORE CASTING CONCRETE. 15-ALL NON-LOAD BEARING WALLS SHALL BE KEPT CLEAR OF THE UNDERSIDE OF SLABS AND BEAMS BY 3/4", UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE. THE GAP SHALL BE APPROPRIATELY SEALED WITH A COMPRESSIVE FILLER. ‘AND SEALED TO ARCHITECTS SPECIFICATIONSIAPPROVAL SIMILARLY VERTICAL INTERFACES BETWEEN RC COLUMNSIWALLS AND NON LOAD BEARING WALLS SHALL BE TREATED WITH APPROPRIATE JOINT DETAILSISEALANTS ACCORDING TO ARCHITECTS DETAILS. SPECFICATIONS AND APPROVALS. ‘SUFFICIENT TIES TO ARCHITECTS DETAILS/SPECIFICATIONS MUST BE USED ACROSS THESE JOINTS TO PROVIDE RESTRAINT TO NON LOAD BEARING WALLS, 16- UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, A MINIMUM 4" THICK LEAN CONCRETE LAYER SHALL BE PROVIDED ON ALL SOIL nae me THE UNDERSIDE OF ANY REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS, SLABS, SUMP PITS. PARTITION WALL :- ‘+ ALLPARTTTION WALL ARE OF 4° SOLID BLOCK OR 6" HALLOW BLOCKS UP TO FALSE SEALING HEIGHT TOBEPROVEED REINFORCEMENT: ‘+ ALLRENFORCEMENT SHALL CONFORM TO BS4461/4449OR ASTM 615-02 WITHA MINMUM CHARACTERISTIC ‘YELD STRENGTH OF 61,001 EXCEPT 14" BAR WHICH HAS HINMMUM CHARACTERIIC YEILD STRENGTH OF 36,00 PS! 2. PROVIDE BAR SUPPORTS OR SPACERS TO GIVE THE FOLLOWING CONCRETE COVER TO ALL REINFORCEMENT UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE ON DRAWINGS. (COVER IS THE CLEAR DSSTANCE FROM THE CONGRETE SURFACE. ‘TO THE NEAREST EDGE OFANY RENE ELEMENT TOR BOTTOM | SOES ‘SAS ww . - BEANS 1 ” #e ‘COLUMNS: : : te WALS te RETANNG WALLS z BASEMENT t z FOOTINGS z F z